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Steve Sviggum
Ethanol blends: There's a cure for the summertime blues
Make haste to lift unnecessary regulations, as Trump has promised. Year-round E15 will benefit consumers and the rural economy.
Joanna Woolman and Jeff Hayden
The trauma of child separation also exists right here in Minnesota
The state separates thousands of children from their parents each year through its child welfare system. Protection vs. consequences is a tough balance to strike.
Editorial
Trump administration takes aim at Affordable Care Act, but harms private insurance market instead
Destabilizing private market hurts consumers, will hasten push for more government involvement.
Editorial
Finally, justice for Emmett Till?
A new federal investigation may bring closure in black teen's 1955 slaying.
MARC A. THIESSEN
Trump isn't attacking NATO. He's strengthening it with tough love.
If he thought NATO was useless, he would not waste his time on it. But if allies don't invest in real, usable military capabilities, NATO will become irrelevant.
John Freivalds
Join me in seeing Latvia — and Russian threats against it — as real
To most Americans, my native country and even NATO are abstractions, but there are real life-or-death considerations.
Mary G. Lawrence
Vet's frustrating experience with VA eye clinic: Unacceptable
A contract cancellation resulted in diminished service, and VA leadership must act to improve matters.
Patricia K. Turgeon
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I just had a good cry. It wasn't because of the cancer.
It's a mean world, and I don't mean metaphorically.
Editorial
U.S. was wrong to block the U.N. resolution on breast-feeding.
Bullying behavior, specious rationale undercut our role as a world leader.
Editorial, Rochester Post-Bulletin
Unauthorized expansion of state lottery a bad bet
Selling tickets on a smartphone app is called "legally dubious."
Letters
Readers Write: 'Fear-based' police training, Trump at NATO summit, student debt, Minneapolis 2040 plan
"Fear-based" police training must end.
Laura Rosenberger
Trump says there's a crisis at NATO. He's right. And the crisis is him.
He provided the damaging theatrics. But the declaration for this week's summit is a cogent reminder of the work NATO does every day, invisible to most of us, to stop threats before they land on America's doorstep.
Editorial
The Bell Museum is back and better than ever
It shows what wise government and one persistent legislator can do.
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